Waiting for a fresh crew Paducah and Louisville Railways (PAL) two University of Kentucky engines (SD70MACs) 2012 and 4522 sit tied down on the main at West Yard in Madisonville, Kentucky on February 6th, 2021. They are leading a empty coal train for the Louisville Gas and Electric power plant outside of Louisville, Kentucky and are waiting on a fresh crew to take the train onto the Warrior Coal Mine loop at Nebo, Ky for another load of coal. This engine pair has been traveling on this turn for a couple weeks now and always makes for a nice picture! #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #jimpearsonphotography Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 100.

Waiting for a fresh crew

Paducah and Louisville Railways (PAL) two University of Kentucky engines (SD70MACs) 2012 and 4522 sit tied down on the main at West Yard in Madisonville, Kentucky on February 6th, 2021.

They are leading a empty coal train for the Louisville Gas and Electric power plant outside of Louisville, Kentucky and are waiting on a fresh crew to take the train onto the Warrior Coal Mine loop at Nebo, Ky for another load of coal.

This engine pair has been traveling on this turn for a couple weeks now and always makes for a nice picture!

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 100.

Power move on the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Dawson Springs, Ky Paducah and Louisville Railway 2100 leads the daily local south, approaching the US 62 overpass after making it's pickup from CSX at Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Kentucky. Part of it's pickup on January 18th, 2021, was six engines, dead in tow, bound for the National Railway Equipment shops in Paducah, Kentucky. The power on this train was, PAL, 2100, 2121, 2101, 2104, dead in tow were, CIT/CBFX 1579, 1589 switchers, NERX 2710, 8580 (both ex SP), Northside Mining 2001 and NREX 2724, also ex-SP. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 150mm, f/5, 1/3200, ISO 640.

Power move on the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Dawson Springs, Ky

Paducah and Louisville Railway 2100 leads the daily local south, approaching the US 62 overpass after making it’s pickup from CSX at Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Kentucky. Part of it’s pickup on January 18th, 2021, was six engines, dead in tow, bound for the National Railway Equipment shops in Paducah, Kentucky.

The power on this train was, PAL, 2100, 2121, 2101, 2104, dead in tow were, CIT/CBFX 1579, 1589 switchers, NERX 2710, 8580 (both ex SP), Northside Mining 2001 and NREX 2724, also ex-SP.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 150mm, f/5, 1/3200, ISO 640.

PAL Blue picking up black coal! Paducah and Louisville Railway University of Kentucky (Wildcats) locomotives 4522 and 2012 lead a empty coal under the beltline against the setting sun as they arrive at Warrior Coal Loop in Nebo, Kentucky for another load of black coal on January 23rd, 2021. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 10-24mm DX Lens @15mm f/4, 1/1000, ISO 180.

PAL Blue picking up black coal!

Paducah and Louisville Railway University of Kentucky (Wildcats) locomotives 4522 and 2012 lead a empty coal under the beltline against the setting sun as they arrive at Warrior Coal Loop in Nebo, Kentucky for another load of black coal on January 23rd, 2021.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 10-24mm DX Lens @15mm f/4, 1/1000, ISO 180.

Power move on the Paducah and Louisville Railway Paducah and Louisville Railway 2100 leads the daily local through PAL's west yard after doing its interchange work with CSX at Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Kentucky. Part of it's pickup today, January 18th, 2021, was six engines, dead in tow, bound for the NRE shops at Paducah, Kentucky after a brief stay at Princeton. The power on this train was, PAL, 2100, 2121, 2101, 2104, CIT/CBFX 1579 and 1589 switchers, NERX 2710, 8580 (both ex SP), Northside Mining 2001 and NREX 2724, also ex-SP. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 100.

Power move on the Paducah and Louisville Railway

Paducah and Louisville Railway 2100 leads the daily local through PAL’s west yard after doing its interchange work with CSX at Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Kentucky. Part of it’s pickup today, January 18th, 2021, was six engines, dead in tow, bound for the NRE shops at Paducah, Kentucky after a brief stay at Princeton.

The power on this train was, PAL, 2100, 2121, 2101, 2104, CIT/CBFX 1579 and 1589 switchers, NERX 2710, 8580 (both ex SP), Northside Mining 2001 and NREX 2724, also ex-SP.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 100.

Paducah and Louisville load of coal southbound on a winter's day A loaded Paducah and Louisville coal train pulls south out of Warrior Coal Mine at Nebo, Kentucky, as it starts its run to Calvert City Terminal in Calvert City, Kentucky on a cold December 11th, 2020. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 100.

Paducah and Louisville load of coal southbound on a winter’s day

A loaded Paducah and Louisville coal train pulls south out of Warrior Coal Mine at Nebo, Kentucky, as it starts its run to Calvert City Terminal in Calvert City, Kentucky on a cold December 11th, 2020.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 100.

Paducah and Louisville WW1 NB at Monarch The January 8, 2021 Paducah and Louisville Railway local WWW1 returns south running engines light after dropping off a string of cars at CSX's Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Kentucky. Here the power is crossing over CSX's Henderson Subdivision at the location called Monarch as it heads back to the yard at Princeton, Kentucky under stormy skies with PAL 2101 leading 2104 and 2106. The drone was moved away from the track before the train went under it. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 200.

Paducah and Louisville WW1 NB at Monarch

The January 8, 2021 Paducah and Louisville Railway local WW1 returns south running engines light after dropping off a string of cars at CSX’s Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Kentucky. Here the power is crossing over CSX’s Henderson Subdivision at the location called Monarch as it heads back to the yard at Princeton, Kentucky under stormy skies with PAL 2101 leading 2104 and 2106. The drone was moved away from the track before the train went under it.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 200.

Dashing through the snow! Paducah and Louisville Railways 2012 (University of Louisville) locomotive leads PBX1, a loaded coal train, as it moves down the grade coming out of the Warrior Coal Mine loadout as heavy snow blows through the mine lead area at Madisonville, Ky on the early afternoon hours of January 7th, 2021. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 with a 1.4 Teleconverter @700mm f/10, 1/640, ISO 1400.

Dashing through the snow!

Paducah and Louisville Railways 2012 (University of Louisville) locomotive leads PBX1, a loaded coal train, as it moves down the grade coming out of the Warrior Coal Mine loadout as heavy snow blows through the mine lead area at Madisonville, Ky on the early afternoon hours of January 7th, 2021.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 with a 1.4 Teleconverter @700mm f/10, 1/640, ISO 1400.

Dashing through the Snow on PAL 2106... Well, since we don't have snow today on Christmas here in Western Kentucky I looked back and found a shot from the past that thought I'd share today! January 17, 2018 - A early morning Paducah and Louisville Railway 2106 leads a loaded coal train as it heads south through the snow covered cut at Charleston as it heads for the loadout at Calvert City, Ky. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm, f/6.3, 1/1250, ISO 320. January 17, 2018 - A early morning Paducah and Louisville Railway loaded coal train heads south through the snow covered cut at Charleston, Ky as it heads for the loadout at Calvert City, Ky.

Dashing through the Snow on PAL 2106…

Well, since we don’t have snow today on Christmas here in Western Kentucky I looked back and found a shot from the past that thought I’d share today!

January 17, 2018 – A early morning Paducah and Louisville Railway 2106 leads a loaded coal train as it heads south through the snow covered cut at Charleston as it heads for the loadout at Calvert City, Ky.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm, f/6.3, 1/1250, ISO 320.

Paducah & Louisville PRX1 departs Warrior Coal, Nebo, Ky The late afternoon light plays across the marshland as Paducah and Louisville 4504 and 4501 begin to pull their freshly loaded coal train away from the Warrior Coal Mine loop from Nebo, Kentucky on December 5th, 2020 as they head south to Calvert City Terminal at Calvert City, Ky. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 100.

Paducah & Louisville PRX1 departs Warrior Coal, Nebo, Ky


The late afternoon light plays across the marshland as Paducah and Louisville 4504 and 4501 begin to pull their freshly loaded coal train away from the Warrior Coal Mine loop from Nebo, Kentucky on December 5th, 2020 as they head south to Calvert City Terminal at Calvert City, Ky.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 100.

CN FUPD Local working the PAL yard at Paducah, Ky. Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad 907 heads up the CN Fulton to Paducah local as it passes Canadian Pacific 7015 as it moves north through the Paducah and Louisville Railway yard at Paducah, Kentucky. It was on its way to pickup its train for the return trip to Fulton during its interchange work on the first day of winter, December 21, 2020. Not sure what the Canadian Pacific 7015 Maroon and Gray Heritage Unit was doing at Paducah, but it made for a nice shot with the CN local. According to Wikipedia: "The Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad (reporting mark BLE) is a class II railroad that operates in northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio. The railroad's main route runs from the Lake Erie port of Conneaut, Ohio to the Pittsburgh suburb of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, a distance of 139 miles (224 km). The original rail ancestor of the B&LE, the Shenango and Allegheny Railroad, began operation in October 1869. Rail operations were maintained continuously by various corporate descendants on the growing system that ultimately became the B&LE in 1900. In 2004 B&LE came under the ownership of the Canadian National Railway (CN) as part of CN's larger purchase of holding company Great Lakes Transportation. B&LE is operated by CN as their Bessemer Subdivision. As a subsidiary of CN, B&LE has been largely unchanged (though repainting of B&LE locomotives into CN paint with "BLE" sub-lettering began in April 2015) and still does business as B&LE. B&LE locomotives, especially the former Southern Pacific SD40T-3 "Tunnel Motors", have been scattered across the CN system; many are being used in the line that feeds most of B&LE's traffic, the former Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range lines in Minnesota. The iron ore that originates on these lines is transloaded to ships at Two Harbors, Minnesota, then sent by ship to Conneaut, Ohio, where it is again transloaded to B&LE trains. It is then taken down to steel mills in the Pittsburgh region, mainly to the blast furnaces at US Steel's Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pennsylvania, part of the Mon Valley Works." Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 100.

CN FUPD Local working the PAL yard at Paducah, Ky.

Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad 907 heads up the CN Fulton to Paducah local as it passes Canadian Pacific 7015 as it moves north through the Paducah and Louisville Railway yard at Paducah, Kentucky. It was on its way to pickup its train for the return trip to Fulton during its interchange work on the first day of winter, December 21, 2020.

Not sure what the Canadian Pacific 7015 Maroon and Gray Heritage Unit was doing at Paducah, but it made for a nice shot with the CN local
According to Wikipedia: “The Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad (reporting mark BLE) is a class II railroad that operates in northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio.

The railroad’s main route runs from the Lake Erie port of Conneaut, Ohio to the Pittsburgh suburb of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, a distance of 139 miles (224 km). The original rail ancestor of the B&LE, the Shenango and Allegheny Railroad, began operation in October 1869.

Rail operations were maintained continuously by various corporate descendants on the growing system that ultimately became the B&LE in 1900. In 2004 B&LE came under the ownership of the Canadian National Railway (CN) as part of CN’s larger purchase of holding company Great Lakes Transportation. B&LE is operated by CN as their Bessemer Subdivision.

As a subsidiary of CN, B&LE has been largely unchanged (though repainting of B&LE locomotives into CN paint with “BLE” sub-lettering began in April 2015[2]) and still does business as B&LE. B&LE locomotives, especially the former Southern Pacific SD40T-3 “Tunnel Motors”, have been scattered across the CN system; many are being used in the line that feeds most of B&LE’s traffic, the former Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range lines in Minnesota. The iron ore that originates on these lines is transloaded to ships at Two Harbors, Minnesota, then sent by ship to Conneaut, Ohio, where it is again transloaded to B&LE trains.

It is then taken down to steel mills in the Pittsburgh region, mainly to the blast furnaces at US Steel’s Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pennsylvania, part of the Mon Valley Works.”

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 100.

Southbound PAL coal at Barkley Dam, Ky Paducah and Louisville Railway loaded coal drag heads south across Barkley Dam at Grand Rivers, Kentucky on September 2nd, 2020 as it makes its way to the Calvert City Terminal. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm, f/8, 1/1600, ISO 320.

Southbound PAL coal at Barkley Dam, KY

Paducah and Louisville Railway loaded coal drag heads south across Barkley Dam at Grand Rivers, Kentucky on September 2nd, 2020 as it makes its way to the Calvert City Terminal.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm, f/8, 1/1600, ISO 320.

Paducah & Louisville PRX1 NB through the clouds at Nebo, Ky Calm winds prevailed for me as PRX1 makes its way through the the marshlands as Paducah and Louisville 4504 and 4501 pull their freshly loaded coal train away from the Warrior Coal Mine loop from Nebo, Kentucky on December 5th, 2020 providing wonderful reflections! Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 100, Exp. Comp -3 (for detail in the highlights).

Paducah & Louisville PRX1 SB through the clouds at Nebo, Ky

Paducah & Louisville PRX1 SB through the clouds at Nebo, Ky

Calm winds prevailed for me as PRX1 makes its way through the the marshlands as Paducah and Louisville 4504 and 4501 pull their freshly loaded coal train away from the Warrior Coal Mine loop at Nebo, Kentucky on December 5th, 2020 providing wonderful reflections!

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 100, Exp. Comp -3 (for detail in the highlights).

Paducah & Louisville PRX1 departs Warrior Coal, Nebo, Ky The late afternoon light plays across the marshland as Paducah and Louisville 4504 and 4501 pull their freshly loaded coal train away from the Warrior Coal Mine loop from Nebo, Kentucky on December 5th, 2020. This is my first photograph I'm sharing from my new Mavic Air 2 drone that shoots RAW! With the Mavic Mini I've not been happy with it only shooting JPG and being very hard to control highlights and the skies in my photography. This drone for me is a game changer, when it comes to being able to pull all the detail out of the image! My clouds and skies are back!! Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 100.

Paducah & Louisville PRX1 departs Warrior Coal, Nebo, Ky

The late afternoon light plays across the marshland as Paducah and Louisville 4504 and 4501 pull their freshly loaded coal train away from the Warrior Coal Mine loop from Nebo, Kentucky on December 5th, 2020.

This is my first photograph I’m sharing from my new Mavic Air 2 drone that shoots RAW! With the Mavic Mini I’ve not been happy with it only shooting JPG and being very hard to control highlights and the skies in my photography. This drone for me is a game changer, when it comes to being able to pull all the detail out of the image! My clouds and skies are back!!

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 100.

Indiana Railroad Hiawatha-Palestine turn departs Sullivan, Indiana Indiana Railroad’s (INRD) 3002 leads the Hiawatha-Palestine turn HWPAT-05 as it pulls of the CSX CE&D Subdivision after making a pickup at Sullivan, Indiana and continuing it's run to Palestine, Illinois on the Indianapolis Subdivision on December 5th, 2020. According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Rail Road (reporting mark INRD) is a United States Class II railroad, originally operating over former Illinois Central Railroad trackage from Newton, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, a distance of 155 miles. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 100.

Indiana Railroad Hiawatha-Palestine turn departs Sullivan, Indiana

Indiana Railroad’s (INRD) 3002 leads the Hiawatha-Palestine turn HWPAT-05 as it pulls of the CSX CE&D Subdivision after making a pickup at Sullivan, Indiana and continuing it’s run to Palestine, Illinois on the Indianapolis Subdivision on December 5th, 2020.

According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Rail Road (reporting mark INRD) is a United States Class II railroad, originally operating over former Illinois Central Railroad trackage from Newton, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, a distance of 155 miles.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 100.

Indiana Railroad Interchanges with CSX at Sullivan, Indiana Indiana Railroad’s (INRD) 3002 leads the Hiawatha-Palestine turn HWPAT-05 sits under the old C&EI coaling tower that was built in 1941 to service steam locomotives, at Sullivan, Indiana as it's conductors connects the train to a string of cars from CSX on the CE&D Subdivision before continuing it's run to Palestine, Illinois on December 5th, 2020. According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Rail Road (reporting mark INRD) is a United States Class II railroad, originally operating over former Illinois Central Railroad trackage from Newton, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, a distance of 155 miles. This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road’s Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC line from Indianapolis to Effingham, Illinois; Illinois Central successor Canadian National Railway retains the portion from Newton to Effingham. INRD also owns a former Milwaukee Road line from Terre Haute, Indiana, to Burns City, Indiana (site of the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center), with trackage rights extending to Chicago, Illinois. INRD serves Louisville, Kentucky, and the Port of Indiana on the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, Indiana, through a haulage agreement with the Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC).

Indiana Railroad Interchanges with CSX at Sullivan, Indiana

Indiana Railroad’s (INRD) 3002 leads the Hiawatha-Palestine turn HWPAT-05 sits under the old C&EI coaling tower that was built in 1941 to service steam locomotives, at Sullivan, Indiana as it’s conductors connects the train to a string of cars from CSX on the CE&D Subdivision before continuing it’s run to Palestine, Illinois on December 5th, 2020.

According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Rail Road (reporting mark INRD) is a United States Class II railroad, originally operating over former Illinois Central Railroad trackage from Newton, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, a distance of 155 miles.

This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road’s Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC line from Indianapolis to Effingham, Illinois; Illinois Central successor Canadian National Railway retains the portion from Newton to Effingham. INRD also owns a former Milwaukee Road line from Terre Haute, Indiana, to Burns City, Indiana (site of the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center), with trackage rights extending to Chicago, Illinois. INRD serves Louisville, Kentucky, and the Port of Indiana on the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, Indiana, through a haulage agreement with the Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC).

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/800, ISO 100.

Paducah and Louisville LG1 Northbound at Litchfield, Ky Paducah and Louisville Railway's University of Kentucky Locomotive 4522 leads LG1, a northbound Louisville Gas and Electric load of coal past Scotty's Rock Yard rail operations at Litchfield, Kentucky on October 30, 2020, where a southbound PAL local waits in their yard for it to clear. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100.

Paducah and Louisville LG1 Northbound at Leitchfield, Ky

Paducah and Louisville Railway’s University of Kentucky Locomotive 4522 leads LG1, a northbound Louisville Gas and Electric load of coal past Scotty’s Rock Yard rail operations at Leitchfield, Kentucky on October 30, 2020, where a southbound PAL local waits in their yard for it to clear.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100.

TRRA 3006 working Madison Yard Terminal Railroad Association (TRRA) engine 3006 leads a cut of mixed freight as it works on building a train at the St. Louis Madison yard at Venice, Illinois. According to the TRRA website: "Since 1889, the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis has played a vital role in the railroad operations and growth of the St. Louis metropolitan area. The Association was originally created to satisfy the need for an efficient, safe, and economical method of interchanging rail traffic at the railroad hub of St. Louis, Missouri: the "Gateway to the West." Over 120 years later, the employees of the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis make the same commitment to efficiency, safety, and value to our customers, owners, and the public with each new day." Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @150mm, f/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 280.

TRRA 3006 working Madison Yard, Venice, Illinois

Terminal Railroad Association (TRRA) engine 3006 leads a cut of mixed freight as it works on building a train at the St. Louis Madison yard at Venice, Illinois.

According to the TRRA website: “Since 1889, the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis has played a vital role in the railroad operations and growth of the St. Louis metropolitan area.

The Association was originally created to satisfy the need for an efficient, safe, and economical method of interchanging rail traffic at the railroad hub of St. Louis, Missouri: the “Gateway to the West.”

Over 120 years later, the employees of the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis make the same commitment to efficiency, safety, and value to our customers, owners, and the public with each new day.”

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @150mm, f/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 280.

Port Harbor RR at the A&K Railroad Materials Yard Port Harbor (PHRR) switcher 8166, PHRR America's Central Port 2758, "Illini Terminal" No. 2301 and 2064 sit tied down on Saturday, November 7th, 2020 at the A&K Rail Yard in Granite City, Illinois, waiting for their next assignment. According to Wikipedia: The Port Harbor Railroad (reporting mark PHRR) is a short-line railroad in Granite City, Illinois, serving an industrial port district known as America's Central Port. PHRR began operations in 2004 as a subsidiary of the Respondek Railroad and connects with the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis at "WR Tower," a major railroad junction in Granite City. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 100.

Port Harbor RR at the A&K Railroad Materials Yard…

Port Harbor RR at the A&K Railroad Materials Yard

Port Harbor (PHRR) switcher 8166, PHRR America’s Central Port 2758, “Illini Terminal” No. 2301 and 2064 sit tied down on Saturday, November 7th, 2020 at the A&K Rail Yard in Granite City, Illinois, waiting for their next assignment.

According to Wikipedia: The Port Harbor Railroad (reporting mark PHRR) is a short-line railroad in Granite City, Illinois, serving an industrial port district known as America’s Central Port. PHRR began operations in 2004 as a subsidiary of the Respondek Railroad and connects with the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis at “WR Tower,” a major railroad junction in Granite City.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 100.

Port Harbor Railroad Salutes the Troops I thought Veterans Day was a good one to post the latest photographs I've shot of a locomotive painted to honor Veterans. This is Port Harbor Railroad's 5730, "Saluting Our Troops" engine as it works on dumping KCS Soybean Meal cars at America's Central Port in Madison, Illinois on November 7th, 2020. According to Wikipedia: The Port Harbor Railroad is a short-line railroad in Granite City, Illinois, serving an industrial port district known as America's Central Port. PHRR began operations in 2004 as a subsidiary of the Respondek Railroad and connects with the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis at "WR Tower," a major railroad junction in Granite City. PHRR transports everything from steel and aluminum products to foods, lumber, paper, chemicals, minerals, grains and other products. The railroad is classified as a Class III Common Carrier. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @165mm, f/8, 1/800, ISO 280.

Port Harbor Railroad’s 5730, “Saluting Our Troops” at Madison, IL

Port Harbor Railroad Salutes the Troops


I thought Veterans Day was a good one to post the latest photographs I’ve shot of a locomotive painted to honor Veterans. This is Port Harbor Railroad’s 5730, “Saluting Our Troops” engine as it works on dumping KCS Soybean Meal cars at America’s Central Port in Madison, Illinois on November 7th, 2020.

According to Wikipedia: The Port Harbor Railroad is a short-line railroad in Granite City, Illinois, serving an industrial port district known as America’s Central Port.

PHRR began operations in 2004 as a subsidiary of the Respondek Railroad and connects with the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis at “WR Tower,” a major railroad junction in Granite City.

PHRR transports everything from steel and aluminum products to foods, lumber, paper, chemicals, minerals, grains and other products. The railroad is classified as a Class III Common Carrier.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @165mm, f/8, 1/800, ISO 280.

Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis The conductor on BNSF 7447 throws one of several switches as it prepares to take its power out of the yard track to work on building his train at the Terminal Railroad Association (TRRA) of St. Louis yard at Venice, Illinois, with a rainbow of power sitting in the yard. According to the TRRA website: "Since 1889, the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis has played a vital role in the railroad operations and growth of the St. Louis metropolitan area. The Association was originally created to satisfy the need for an efficient, safe, and economical method of interchanging rail traffic at the railroad hub of St. Louis, Missouri: the "Gateway to the West." Over 120 years later, the employees of the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis make the same commitment to efficiency, safety, and value to our customers, owners, and the public with each new day." Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @550mm, f/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 400.

Working the Terminal Railroad Yard at Venice, IL

Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
 
The conductor on BNSF 7447 throws one of several switches as it prepares to take its power out of the yard track to work on building his train at the Terminal Railroad Association (TRRA) of St. Louis Madison yard at Venice, Illinois, with a rainbow of power sitting in the yard.
 
According to the TRRA website: “Since 1889, the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis has played a vital role in the railroad operations and growth of the St. Louis metropolitan area.
 
The Association was originally created to satisfy the need for an efficient, safe, and economical method of interchanging rail traffic at the railroad hub of St. Louis, Missouri: the “Gateway to the West.”
 
Over 120 years later, the employees of the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis make the same commitment to efficiency, safety, and value to our customers, owners, and the public with each new day.”
 
 
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @550mm, f/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 400.